For the past 9 months I have felt like I’ve been on Zombie mode. Wake, work, work, work, eat, work, work, work, sleep, snore, snore, snore, wake, work, work, work, eat, work, work, work, work, work… The past 9 months have been insane; awesome and crazy. My hyper focus on work related projects has its price. For the past 9 months I have neglected my love of pop culture and cultured entertainment. In essence I feel my vocabulary diminishing as without the time or energy to expose my mind to fresh literature I am unable to explore new worlds of imaginative glory.

My pop culture deprivation is like a zombie apocalypse, (maybe not but for editorial reasons let’s pretend). With my zombie like state of mind it stands to logic that a zombie novel would be the perfect icebreaker to stop the apocalypse.

Warm Bodies, written by Isaac Morrian, is a paranormal romantic comedy that explores and exploits the humanity in the undead. Warm Bodies is a light and funny read that manages to find hope in even the darkest of situations.

(If reading is to beyond your zombie like state, it’s cool. You can also stop the apocalypse by watching the movie version).

Categories: Book Club, Book Review, Movie Recomendations, movies

Tagged: book club, read, Warm Bodies by Issac Morrian, Warm Bodies the Book, Warm Bodies the Movie Trailer., Zombie Apocalypse, Zombie Romance

FIT: Take Time to Stretch

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Posted on May 16, 2013

Most days, I feel rushed just trying to squeeze in a workout. I have my morning routine down to a science: coffee, cardio, shower, car. My routine is short on time as it is and in my mind taking the extra five minutes to stretch will just set me back an entire hour. I hate to admit it but when short on time the first workout segment to get the boot is the stretch/cool down.

I know that stretching is just as important as cardio and strength training. Stretching is rich in benefits. Regular stretching helps to: Increase body circulation, promote flexibility, increases the bodies range of motion, reduced stress and helps to reduce chronic muscle and joint pain.

Beyond fitness, taking the time to stretch helps improve everyday body functionality. In our normal everyday life we spend so much time seated. Our dependence on our seat constricts circulation and causes the muscles in our hip flexor and psoas to shorten. When our muscles contract and become tight it prevents us from enjoying the activities we love such as skiing or snowboarding, golf, wakeboarding or even a favorite fitness class.

I caught up with Christine Davidson ( for a restorative yoga practice after the slopes last week. Christine shared with me some of her favorite yoga moves to help lengthen the body after a day on the slopes (or office).

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Tagged: benefits of stretching, Christine Davidson, Kendra Scurfield, Shredlines, Sunshine Village, the spiritual skier, Yoga for life

BEAUTY: Summer Skin Coverage

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Posted on May 15, 2013

Let your radiance shine through.

Foundation (or at least a tinted moisturizer) is a beauty staple for most of us. I swear by my tinted moisturizer with spf. I apply tinted moisturizer or foundation nearly every morning. My thinking is that the colour perfects my skin tone while saving my skin from harsh UV Rays. The only issue with my logic is that come the warm days of spring/summer my go to foundation routine is a little out of shade.

In the winter months it is okay to apply a heavier shade of foundation (Excuse: its cold out and your extra extra pale). However with the arrival of the first heat wave our bodies unused to warm weather are sent into shock mode and as a result our pores expand and we sweat more (nasty).

Skin texture varies season to season and for most stunning skin results it is important to factor in the season to your beauty routine. In the summer months (even in Calgary) there is more humidity in the air which helps prevent dry skin.

For summer pretty skin, you may need to pick up a new shade of coverage:

Test is a colour is a fit by applying a small amount of foundation on your neck and up towards your hairline. The skin on our neck is most similar in density and in tone to our face.
Reconsider the degree of coverage you need. The natural luminosity of skin can be dulled by heavy foundation. Whereas a tinted moisturizer or BB Cream can show off the natural beauty of healthy skin.

Categories: beauty, Beauty Balm, beauty do's, beauty tips

Tagged: makeup tips, Summer Beauty, Summer Foundation, Summer Skin

Horoscopes: May13-19

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Posted on May 13, 2013

Happy Monday Y’all!! I often wish I had a crystal ball that I could use to see the future. If i had a crystal ball I imagine FFWDing through life to get to the wonderful state of bliss that the crystal ball projects. In theory, I imagine that ffwding through life would take away all the pain, frustration and hurt of working through the tough middle times. Starts are exciting, finishes are rewarding, the middle is where growth happens.

If I could skip time and land in my life after all my goals have been accomplished I wonder if I could find happiness with out the accomplishment. Emotions are multi-faceted; the pain and struggle of hard work is a MegaBiatchRex but learning to succeed over insecurities with the help of true friends and family is the most rewarding prize off all. For something to hold value, it has to have a cost (financial, emotional, social, etc). With that though in mind I wish you many mini-victories as you define your state of happiness. Here are your Georgia Nicols Horoscopes for May 13-19 2013.

Taurus:

Around 1999, you set off on a new path. Now you are dealing with the consequences. You are beginning to take your power, which you earned by busting your buns. However, as you assert yourself more powerfully with your external world, this might upset the balance of existing partnerships. Therefore, many of you will have intense disputes with partners and co-workers who might resist the change you are experiencing. Therefore, some partnerships will end. Those partnerships that are meant to last will endure but they will undergo readjustments. People will start to expect greater things of you because you are moving toward centre stage.

Gemini:

You’ve been wondering what to do with your life. (“What do I want to be when I grow up?”) Now you will move forward with certainty and focus because you’re entering a two-to-three-year window of hard work. As your responsibilities increase, you might feel you’re being tested as a human being. But in about three years, all this hard work puts you in the limelight, where all your efforts will pay off. Don’t waste your energy. Focus it with single-minded concentration. Along with this hard work will come money, later this year and next. Well, of course! Aside from a sense of competition and joy of achievement – one does want a little cash. Ya think?

Cancer:

You have a fortunate year ahead because lucky Jupiter will enter your sign for the first time since 2001-02. In the next few years, many of you will have a love affair with someone of an age difference, especially older. You might play a parental role. You might also have increased responsibilities with children or you will feel serious about creative projects. Whatever you do, you will want it to have meaning and you want it to count. It will be easy to be disciplined in your approach to your creative efforts. (Practice those arpeggios.) In large and small ways, you will see that your activity will give form to something. This is your reward.

Leo:

It’s time to address life’s most basic issues. Where are you going to live? You need a firm base. You want a refuge. Those of you who remain where you now live will do major repairs to fix up the place. This is vital because this is basic to your existence – after all, it’s your home. Similarly, some of you will have a significant change in relationship with a parent or an authority figure. This could be a time of goodbyes and moving on. You might take on a parental role in the relationship. Essentially, whatever you have been engaged in since 2005 has come to fruition. You’re getting ready to move out into the big wide world. (Wanna pack a lunch?)

Virgo:

You are entering a window of flux and change, which means you will change residences or jobs or both in the next several years. This might happen by choice or because it was foisted upon you. Your daily milieu is going to be different, which means you are going to be different. Because your external world will change, internally you will modify how you talk, think, speak and communicate to everyone. Some of you might plunge into a world of foreign languages. All of this is happening because you are putting the finishing touches on a project you began around 2007, which was reinventing a new you!

Libra:

Since around 2010, you have been on a new path and recently, your focus has turned to money. (Like – where is it?) You might feel financially squeezed this year and next because you have to discover what you really value. In other words – what really matters? Part of this will be reflected in your material goods and even your cash flow. Do you value what you own? Do you take care of what you own? You might be challenged to repair, maintain or give up things. This is because our possessions reflect our unconscious inner values and sometimes we’re not aware of this until we are dealing with the external projection of these values. (Spare change?)

Scorpio:

This is the beginning of a new phase in your life, where your responsibilities will be great but your achievements will be just as great. In the last 14 years, you were concerned with your external world: people, places and events. Now the first thing on your agenda is to get to know yourself. (“Hi, me.”) Earlier today, I read that we all have three eyes: Two to look outward and one to look inward. Since you will use this “third eye” for inner reflection and a deeper appreciation for who you are, this year and next are excellent times for psychotherapy or involvement in any kind of consciousness-raising groups.

Sagittarius:

For the first time since the mid-80s, you are in a two-to-three-year window where you will be giving up things – saying goodbye to people, places and possessions. It’s a time of letting go primarily of whatever is no longer relevant in your life. In other words, you’re cutting away the fat, the deadwood and whatever just doesn’t work anymore. So this is not a time of loss – it’s a time of lightening up to free you to begin a whole new cycle in 2015. You will also give up attitudes, prejudices and beliefs that are no longer appropriate to who you are today. (Of course, no one gives up dark chocolate.)

Capricorn:

Integration is what you are learning now. For the last few years, you have been proud of your achievements. You worked hard to get where you are. But these achievements come with all kinds of strings attached. Everybody wants a piece of you! And let’s face it – you can’t be all things to all people all the time. Herein is your challenge. You have to figure out how to integrate the people and marvellous experiences that you want to maintain into your life without selling out. You have to maintain your integrity and your independence and be true to yourself, right? Tricky balance.

Aquarius:

You are coming into your own. The next few years will be a time of harvest for you, a ripening of the seeds you planted in the last 14 years. It will be a time of responsibilities but also a time of pride and achievement. Now you know what you can do and this is confidence-building. You might graduate, get married, have a longed-for child, get a wonderful promotion or achieve some cherished dream that you’ve been working for. But take note: for a few, a time of harvest is a time when you see which crops did not grow. If this is the case, do not dwell on “failure”- cut your losses and move on. Let go and focus on something new.

Pisces:

Around 1994, you began to redefine who you were. After the millennium, you defined your home scene. After 2007, you defined your partnerships. And now you are preparing (this year and next) for a career peak around 2015. This is a serious time of preparation so that you will be performance-ready when your time of harvest arrives. Do not think you have all the answers. Take further training, courses or travel. Do whatever you can to enrich your life and learn more so that you have as many tools at your fingertips as you can have by 2015-16. You know the rules of the game, and now you have to hone your skills and become good at what you’re doing.

Aries:

This year and next, you will be forced to come to terms with the values of others. In fact, you will see just how much your life is intertwined with someone else’s, especially in material terms. You might have to get along with less support from others: money, goods, psychological or emotional. While at times you may feel you are undergoing loss – and you are – in a way, you are in boot camp to prepare for a marvellous career peak in about five years. This is actually a rebound effect of having intense encounters with others in the last few years. Now the dust is settling and you are learning how to take care of yourself, which is necessary before you go on to bigger and better things.

Categories: astrology, Georgia Nicols, weekly horoscope

Tagged: georgia nicols horoscopes, may 2013 horoscopes, May horoscopes

Drink: Spring Time Punch

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Posted on May 12, 2013

As if you needed a reason to celebrate…Warm weather, Mother’s Day, spring, Sunday and the list goes on. This fruit punch is a delicious fizzy bevy sure to brighten any Mother’s Day Brunch or backyard patio session.

Spring Time Punch

Ingredients:

4 cups (1L) peach juice
2 cups cherry or strawberry juice
2 bottles of prosecco
2 cups of ice
1 pint strawberries, hulled, halved

Directions:

In a large bowl stir the peach and cherry/strawberry juice. Add the prosecco and the ice.

Add the fresh strawberries and enjoy!

Categories: vegan

Tagged: fruit punch, Happy Hour, patio drinks, Prosecco, spring time cocktails, vegan cocktails

SHRED: Race to Sochi 2014

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Posted on May 11, 2013

I caught up with the Canadian National Ski Cross Team at Sunshine. The team is training hard getting ready for the Sochi 2014 winter olympics. Ski Cross is a sport that I think is crazy to watch. The racers ski in a somewhat “high-contact” fashion at insane fast speeds as they fly over obstacles burns and make tight turns.

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Tagged: Canadian Olympic Team, Kendra Scurfield, Shredlines, Ski cross, Sochi 2014, Sunshine Village

FSHN: Investment Pieces

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Posted on May 10, 2013

This post is courtesy of the style guru Rebecca Stewart. Rebecca is a genius in regard to her ability to style men and women in body flattering looks. Rebecca is a graduate of the National Stylist Workshop. She studied under Stacy London. Rebecca Stewart is a personal stylist in Calgary. Her focus is helping men and women dress for their shape and enhance their personal style.
www.rebeccastewart.ca

Investment Pieces

The clutch, the stiletto and statement necklace. Three great items that will be timeless and carry you through different seasons and events.

The Clutch: a classic piece that can work as an evening or day bag (just depending how many items you need during the day, it’s not going to hold your lunch!). Look for a clutch that is a little more muted such as a great leather or neutral color; anything too decorated may be more appropriate for evening only. A clutch pairs great with a cocktail dress or just as easily with jeans and a tee for a weekend outing. And get one big enough to hold your essentials; many can fit your phone, keys, lipstick and wallet. For work, throw your clutch in your big carry-all bag in case you need something a little sleeker to run to a meeting or lunch.

One of my favorites:

The Stiletto: a pointed-toe stiletto is the perfect investment. Opting to make the investment on a better brand with better quality means you can get more life out of your shoe and have the perfect staple available to pair with anything. I recommend choosing a good leather in a neutral color that will mix easily into your wardrobe (and remember neutral can include animal prints, so think outside the box, not just black and brown). A pointed-toe is flattering for every shape and elongates the leg so never be afraid to return to this classic time and time again. Heel height is up to you and there are a variety of options! If you choose to make the stiletto an investment piece remember you can always enhance your investment with continued care; replace the heel tap when needed and use proper leather care to clean.

A fun neutral to try:

The Statement Necklace: Invest in a piece you love, something that will add a statement to multiple outfits whether it’s a classic black dress or just added to a crisp white blouse. Choose your favorite colors or something you are comfortable to match with many pieces such as metallics. The statement necklace is a larger piece that can really add that visual interest to many outfits, so worth the investment. It should be something you can rely on for many years.

A classic option to mix in your closet:

Categories: fashion

Tagged: calgary stylists. Rebecca Stewart Style., fashion, Invest in fashion, Personal Style, statement style, style investments

Eye Of The Leoness: Fiercely Beautiful

READ: Warm Bodies

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Posted on May 17, 2013

FIT: Take Time to Stretch

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BEAUTY: Summer Skin Coverage

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Horoscopes: May13-19

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Drink: Spring Time Punch

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SHRED: Race to Sochi 2014

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